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Northern House Mosquito (Culex pipiens)
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Copyright © 2006
tom murray
green eyed Mosquito -
Culex pipiens
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Boxborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
November 3, 2006
Size: 4.7mm
Found this between splinters of a broken off stump.
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Contributed by
tom murray
on 3 November, 2006 - 5:12pm
Last updated 4 November, 2006 - 12:14am
Moved
Moved from
Mosquitoes
.
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Omar Fahmy
, 4 November, 2006 - 12:14am
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...
Definitely
Culex
, I would put it in
Cx. pipiens
.
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Sean McCann
, 3 November, 2006 - 9:18pm
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Thanks Omar and Sean
We've had a few frosts, so I was surprised to still find a mosquito.
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tom murray
, 4 November, 2006 - 8:40am
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you will
find Culex in the winter. them, culiseta, anopheles, and coquilletidia i think) in the north overwinter as adults. her abdomen is swollen and white because it has her energy for the winter (fat bodies)
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Omar Fahmy
, 4 November, 2006 - 10:49am
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